{"id":87,"date":"2017-10-24T19:31:08","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/?p=87"},"modified":"2017-10-24T19:31:08","modified_gmt":"2017-10-24T19:31:08","slug":"grand-prix-phoenix-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.magicjudges.org\/fold\/2017\/10\/24\/grand-prix-phoenix-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Prix Phoenix 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Phoenix, we have seven new judges to Welcome to the Fold!<\/p>\n<h2>Tim Daldrup<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/91334626\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=91334626&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Tim Daldrup<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Phoenix, Arizona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Garrison Fogt<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/6103624712\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=6103624712&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Garrison Fogt<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Julian, California<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> October 5, 2012 (RTR release)<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 2\/11\/2015<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Life from the Loam and Raven&#8217;s Crime<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Camp Counselor<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> i grew up in Ohio.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> I&#8217;ve always liked helping players with rules questions, but I hated the phrase &#8220;&#8221;I&#8217;m not a judge, but &#8230;&#8221;&#8221;. I saw the judge program as a way to provide some credibility to my words.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> Getting to experience a GP for the first time (as a player or a judge)<\/li>\n<li><strong>What worries you most about this event?:<\/strong> Getting calls wrong and affecting player experience negatively. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What are you hoping to learn at this event?:<\/strong> How to interact with judges at such a large event, working together. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Who is your mentor?:<\/strong> Judge buddy is <span class='judge-tooltip'><a href='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1102267218' >Ben Lurie<\/a><span class='avatar'><img width='200' height='200' src='https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1102267218&size=200'><\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What challenges have you faced or are you facing to become a better judge?:<\/strong> Finding time for magic, splitting my time between playing and judging, and buckling down to study.<\/li>\n<li><strong>How have you worked to overcome those challenges?:<\/strong> Taking more time off from my weekend job, applying for events to judge at and getting into a judge role at my FNM LGS, and setting expectations for myself to spend more time reading rules documents.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> The size and how many LGSs\/communities available to different players. <\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> My first game of RTR draft against a really animated opponent, or my first PPTQ top 8 with Haakon in Modern.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>David Godfrey<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/8223784673\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=8223784673&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> David Godfrey<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 2<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Gilbert, Arizona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Shoshana Krishel<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/1206652441\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=1206652441&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Shoshana Krishel<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> San Diego<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest <\/li>\n<li><strong>Approximate date\/month\/year you started playing Magic:<\/strong> March 2012<\/li>\n<li><strong>L1 Certification Date:<\/strong> 7\/3\/2017<\/li>\n<li><strong>Favorite thing (e.g., card, deck, group of people) about Magic:<\/strong> Community<\/li>\n<li><strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Student<\/li>\n<li><strong>Random fact about yourself:<\/strong> My hair is pink<\/li>\n<li><strong>Why did you become a judge?:<\/strong> To be more involved with and to help my community<\/li>\n<li><strong>What excites you most about this event?:<\/strong> It is the first GP I am attending!<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is the best part about your local Magic community?:<\/strong> Everyone is so welcoming! When I first started playing, I walked up to a group of people I didn&#8217;t know and asked to play EDH with them, and they all welcomed me. I have met my best friends through magic.<\/li>\n<li><strong>What is your favorite Magic memory?:<\/strong> Playing EDH until the sun came up!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>John Lawson<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/9203797065\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=9203797065&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> John Lawson<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> San Diego, California<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Wesley Norman<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/7213956174\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=7213956174&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Wesley Norman<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Maple Ridge, Canada<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Aubrey  White<\/h2>\n<div class=\"wp-caption alignleft judgeimg\"><a href=\"https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/judges\/dci\/2300381409\"><img src=https:\/\/apps.magicjudges.org\/dci\/avatar?dci=2300381409&size=200 alt=\"\"><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><\/p><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Name:<\/strong> Aubrey  White<\/li>\n<li><strong>Level:<\/strong> Level 1<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location:<\/strong> Surprise, Arizona<\/li>\n<li><strong>Region:<\/strong> USA &#8211; Southwest<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This weekend in Phoenix, we have seven new judges to Welcome to the Fold! 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